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Verifying your VA.gov email address in your GitHub profile

If you have colleagues that are having trouble getting access, please share the following steps with them.

There are several steps that must be done to verify your VA.gov email address with the Department of Veterans Affairs organization:

Step 1: Login to your GitHub Account

If you do not already have a GitHub.com account, please follow the guide linked here: Getting Access to the Organization

If you already have a GitHub.com account, please go to GitHub.com now to authenticate:

  • Press Sign in at the top right corner
    GitHub Homepage
  • Add your GitHub email address and credentials and press the green Sign in button
    GitHub Sign in page

Step 2: Adding your email to your profile

Now that you have successfully logged in, you may click on this Email Settings link to view what emails you are currently utilizing.

Add your VA.gov email address in the center box under Add email address and press Add. This will trigger a verification email to be sent to your VA.gov email address that you will need to accept.
Add Email

Step 3: Accepting the Verification

Once you have started the process to add your VA.gov email to your GitHub profile, you will receive an email from GitHub.com to verify that you have access to this email address. Please follow the steps below to complete this.

Accepting your email verification for your profile

To accept your verification email to link your VA.gov email address to your GitHub.com profile:

  1. Open the verification email you received. Below is a screenshot of the Email title you will be looking out for. It could be located in your Inbox, External box, Spam/Junk
    Verification email title

  2. Click in the Green Box that is located in the middle of the email
    Verification email

  3. You have now have verified your VA.gov email address and can begin using it in conjunction with your profile!

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